Was this the greatest moment for the then ‘minnows’ Bangladesh’s cricketing history? Well, the answer is contrasting.
The World Cup 1999 semi-final turned out to be a game that no one won but it went to mark the beginning of Australia's rise as world beaters and South Africa were stamped with a tag that that they still despise — yes, chokers.
It had been a dream year for Shoaib Akhtar thus far and earlier in the tournament, he had broken the 100 mph mark. At the grand stage of World Cup semi-final, he was eager to prove a point.
June 13, 1999. Australia had to win, and by the 12th over of their reply, South Africa had them reeling. This could have been a dream game for Herschelle Gibbs...
On this day, in 1983, Davis, then aged 24, and only in his second ODI and World Cup debut, registered one of the greatest spells in ODI cricket at Leeds.
Till June 5, 1986, India had played 10 Tests at Lord’s but had failed to win a single one. Also, they had won only a solitary match in their 32 outings on the English soil. But this record was going to change very soon.
Boycott took 555 balls and 573 minutes to get to his highest Test score, which was unacceptable even by the standards of Test cricket.
Sunil Gavaskar played at a snail’s pace all throughout the Indian innings and ‘carried his bat’; a feat worth applause in Tests but far from it in that particular match.
When Australian captain gave the ball to Warne for the first time with Gatting on strike, many perceived it as the young bowler was being thrown to the wolf.
Azhar added a solitary run to his tally while Jadeja played a sparkling knock of 93.